The purpose of this Ph.D. project was to investigate the potential of the torrefaction treatment for upgrading low-value agro-industrial residues into useable solid fuels to be employed as high-quality energy carriers. The ...

Transportation is the major sector in the EU where greenhouse gas emissions are still rising. Therefore, in the recent years, the OEMs research and development has focused on the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ...

Recently, the possibility of upgrading conventional vehicles to Hybrid Electric Vehicles is gaining interest. Among the different options for hybridization, researchers are focusing on electrification of rear wheels in ...

Nowadays, the analysis of issues associated with road traffic within urban and suburban areas has taken a leading role in trying to implement efficient plans of transport regulations by taking advantage of the available ...

A methodology to reduce the complexity of the process optimization was applied to multiproduct biorefinery fed by lignocellulosic biomass. A process superstructure was built to consider alternative process pathways to ...

This thesis investigates the application of continuous coaxial laser cladding by powder injection as repair and cover process. The investigation aimed to check the possibility of repairing a V-groove geometry on a substrate ...

More stringent standards on water quality along with the shortage of vater resources have led to the development of advanced wastewater treatment processes, in order to ensure the respect of discharge limits and the reuse ...

The issue of abandoned villages and towns is nowadays an important issue around which are articulated complex search paths that cut across several disciplines: from history of architecture and survey, from anthropology to ...

In order to mitigate the urban traffic congestion and increase the travelers’ surplus, several policies can be adopted which may be applied in short or long time horizon. With regards to the short term policies, one of the ...